INTRODUCTION

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1.1POWERSCAN® D8530 FAMILY DESCRIPTION

The PowerScan® D8530 Family Hand-Held Reader packs a lot of performance into an attractive, rugged, hand-held device. It operates in commercial and industrial environments as well as the front office.

Omni-directional

To read a symbol or capture an image, you simply aim the

Operating

reader and pull the trigger. Since PowerScan® D8530 Family

 

is a powerful omni-directional reader, the orientation of the

 

symbol is not important.

Decoding

Thanks to powerful algorithms, PowerScan® D8530 reliably

And

decodes all major 1D (linear) barcodes, 2D stacked codes (such

Imaging

as PDF417), 2D matrix symbols (such as DataMatrix), postal

 

codes (such as POSTNET, PLANET). The data stream —

 

acquired from decoding a symbol — is rapidly sent to the host.

 

The reader is immediately available to read another symbol.

 

PowerScan® D8530 can also function as a camera by

 

capturing images of labels, signatures, and other items.

FLASH MEMORY

Flash technology allows to upgrade the PowerScan® D8530

 

reader as new symbologies are supported or as improved

 

decoding algorithms become available.

1.2PACKAGE CONTENTS

The following parts are included in the PowerScan® D8530 package contents:

•PowerScan® D8530 Hand-Held Reader

•CD-ROM containing the PowerScan® D8530 Configuration Tools software and PowerScan® D8530 Reference Manual

•PowerScan® D8530 Quick Reference Manual

You may want to save your packing material in case you need to ship the reader at some later time.

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